Complications following butane inhalation and flash fire

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 140-143

  Huston, Butch M ^a,b   Lamm, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

butane; flash fire; toxic shock syndrome

Indexed keywords

BUTANE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BURNS, INHALATION; BUTANES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030994535     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199706000-00006     Document Type: Article

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